Current Affairs One liners of the Week: 27 November to 2 December 2017

Sangeeta Nair

Dec 2, 2017 15:02 IST

The one liner of the week is a recap of the important happenings that occurred between 27 November and 2 December 2017. The important happenings of the week covered in this segment include new Director General of National Archives, Exercise ‘Ajeya Warrior- 2017’ and Indian Sports Honours among others.

• International Multilateral Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (IMMSAREX) began in - Bangladesh

• Chairperson of 15th Finance Commission that was recently constituted by the Union Government - NK Singh

• First-ever female UK Ambassador to United Nations - Karen Pierce

• Person appointed as India’s G 20 Sherpa - Shaktikanta Das

• The National Skill Development Corporation has signed a three-way MoU with Tourism and Hospitality Sector Skill Council and this rental hospitality service company - Airbnb

• India will sign a MoU for cooperation in the policy planning and technology transfer in the urban transport sector with this nation – United Kingdom

• The City of Oxford has stripped this Nobel Peace Laureate of its human rights award for failing to respond to the world’s biggest refugee crisis - Aung San Suu Kyi

• This Australian state has become the first one to legalise assisted death, euthanasia – Victoria

• The newly appointed Union Water Resources Secretary is - Upendra Prasad Singh

• India and this nation have agreed to further deepen security cooperation to collectively tackle the threat of terrorism - Singapore• South African woman crowned as the Miss Universe 2017 - Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

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